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Your support makes all the difference.Ijaz Ahmed, the Pakistan batsman, was yesterday fined 20 per cent of his match fee for misconduct during Saturday's first day of the second and final Test against Sri Lanka in Colombo.
The match referee, John Reid, said Ijaz was fined for what was termed as the "use of crude or abusive language" to the Sri Lankan captain, Arjuna Ranatunga.
The statement added that Ijaz was also placed on a suspended fine of 30 per cent of his match fee, which would take effect from 1 July and run for five months. If another offence occurs in that period Ijaz will also be banned from Test cricket. Reid said that the second suspended fine of 30 per cent was imposed after Ijaz was found to be "a stranger to the truth".
Reid's statement was issued the day after Ranatunga, who was dismissed for four, turned back and pointed his finger towards a group of Pakistani fielders who were celebrating his exit.
Yesterday Aravinda de Silva, who on Saturday held Sri Lanka together with a stylish century, continued where he had left off when Sri Lanka resumed at their overnight 271 for 7.
He was left unbeaten on 138 after he and Chaminda Vaas (17) added 76 for the eighth wicket, a record for Sri Lanka. For Pakistan Saqlain Mushtaq was the pick of the bowlers with 4 for 115 in Sri Lanka's all-out total of 331.
When Pakistan batted they found themselves struggling early on as Chaminda Vaas and Sajeeva de Silva took two wickets apiece. Vaas dismissed Salim Elahi and Ijaz to reduce Pakistan to 13 for 2, while de Silva then chipped in with the wickets of captain Rameez Raja and Salim Malik.
At 83 for 4 Inzamam-ul-Haq and Asif Mujtaba staged something of a recovery but it was slow going. Inzamam, usually so flamboyant, crawled to an unbeaten 43 in 167 minutes; Mujtaba battled through 138 minutes for his 32. They had added 63 for the fifth wicket before bad light stopped play with Pakistan on 146 for 4.
n Brian Lara was out first ball yesterday as rain interrupted the second of two back-to-back one-day internationals at Lara's home ground in Port of Spain, Trinidad. The West Indies were 14 for 2 from six overs against India when rain stopped play.
On Saturday Shivnarine Chanderpaul hit a swift 83 to lead the West Indies to an eight-wicket win in another rain-interrupted match. Curtly Ambrose and Franklyn Rose took seven wickets between them as India were bowled out for 179 in 48.3 overs.
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